Nintendo, Sega, and Namco unite to save the arcade, Sony and Microsoft get sued over controllers & EverQuest goes premium

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April 2002. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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Corrections: March 2002 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/65826648 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Controllers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Design https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/graphics-engine-infinity-engine https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/deer-hunter-series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teton_Range https://youtu.be/VGJOQ3Mjr00 https://gamejolt.com/games/jetpak-dx-gameboy-color/138865

2002: Triforce gives arcades a glimmer of hope Edge 109 pg. 14 https://segaretro.org/Triforce

2001 best year ever for gaming https://archive.org/details/GDM_April_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III Sony and Microsoft sued over controller patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_v._Sony http://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/fun.games/02/13/game.controller.suit.idg/index.html?related https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_Corporation https://www.mobygames.com/game/ps3/lair Miyamoto shows of Mario Sunshine in London Edge 109 pg. 10 https://www.mobygames.com/game/gamecube/super-mario-sunshine

Sony launches Playstation BB Edge 109 pg. 16 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Broadband_Navigator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentials_(PlayStation) Eidos brings the Japanese weirdness to the West https://archive.org/details/GDM_April_2002/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/mister-mosquito https://www.mobygames.com/game/mad-maestro https://www.mobygames.com/game/legaia-2-duel-saga

Capcom debuts Steel Battalion controller Edge 109 pg. 21 https://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox/steel-battalion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel_Battalion https://computerspielenacht.htwk-leipzig.de/computerspielenacht-start/

PC game boxes aren't dead yet https://archive.org/details/pcgames200204/page/n9/mode/1up

Canucks are trying to bring games to Linux Edge 109 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findev#GameTree_Linux

EverQuest wants to make you a Legend... https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_114_April_2002/page/19/mode/1up https://everquest.allakhazam.com/story.html?story=662 https://www.giantbomb.com/marauders-mire/3035-4711/

Everquest devs leave Sony https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-072-2002-04/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/sigil-games-online-inc

Players sue Mythic over sale of MMO items https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-072-2002-04/page/n13/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-072-2002-04/page/n15/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/dark-age-of-camelot https://www.mobygames.com/game/diablo-ii

Games are becoming hot movie properties Edge 109 pg. 13 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398913/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411951/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

G4 launches https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-163-april-2002 pg. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network)

Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

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